Hitachi CB6YI 10 inch Tilting Head Bandsaw with Dust Collection

Hitachi CB6YI 10 inch Tilting Head Bandsaw with Dust Collection | 63-1/2 blade availability

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	Hitachi CB6YI 10 inch Tilting Head Bandsaw with Dust Collection Hitachi Hitachi average customer review:based on 6 reviews view larger image
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Features Hitachi Power Tools introduces the all new CB6YI 10-Inch Tilt Head Bandsaw with on-board dust collection. The head tilts from 90 to 45 degrees to provide a safe, horizontal work table while making angle cuts. A miter gauge is also included for making chamfer and bevel cuts. The on-board dust collection system effectively reduces airborne sawdust and clean up, so you can spend more time woodworking and less time shop cleaning. The dust collection system features internal ductwork, an impeller, and a 30 micron dust bag with zipper for easy sawdust disposal. The 4.0 amp induction motor is quiet and powerful - it cleanly cuts through hard and soft woods, even plastics. This bandsaw also features a powerful LED worklight (9 volt battery included). The head is tilted using a crank handle, then locked securely in place - a pointer and scale on the unit shows the angle of cut; precision-machined, cast iron work table is 11-3/4in x 11-3/4in. Blade is 63.5" long, throat dept is 9-3/8" at 90 degrees. A thrust bearing helps keep the blade tracking accurate with minimal deflection. Footprint (inches): 16 width x 11.5 depth

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Decent Saw

It's a good saw for the money. You have to shop around for blades and keep spares on hand because you're not going to find them at the Big Box.

Even though it's a "bench top" saw it's heavy. Mine is mounted on a fixed base. It tracks straight and has decent power. The cast iron table is a nice thing to have one a budget saw. It is a three wheel saw but I don't think it'll be a problem. The blade tensioner is a nice touch, too.

The tilting head feature is great. I never cared for tilting the table on a band saw because it just seemed awkward. I would like the saw to tilt maybe 15 degrees in the opposite direction so I could cut dove tails.

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63-1/2 blade availability

Sears sells 63-1/2 blades, they use to sell the same saw but it was marked as a Sears brand.

Almost good

I recently purchased this item from Amazon. Outside of the fact that it looked like FedEx had simply kicked it off the back of the truck on delivery to my home, the packaging did manage to minimize any damage. It did have a broken closure for the upper housing which I have been able to locate and order. There is also a crack in the upper blade door but it does not seem too bad and I can't say if it was damaged on delivery or if it came from the factory that way.

As for the unit, it went together OK and seems to work properly, but Hitachi should pay more attention to the products it has made in China. Of all the Hitachi tools I own this is definitely the lowest in quality and least well thought out.

The LED light is OK (although I will reserve judgement until I know how long the battery lasts) but the method of adjusting the height of the upper blade guide is a simple manual locking knob and hand adjustment (I purchased this unit to replace an older Ryobi unit I've had for a number of years and this unit has a gear rack adjustment for the upper blade guide). The blade tensioning is also not as simple as my older Ryobi but not all that bad. This Hitachi also does not have any provision for a rip fence while my older Ryobi came with a rudimentary fence.
I do like the tilt head but the angle scale is not very convenient and I doubt that it is all that accurate.
I do hope that someone at Amazon (re the delivery issue) and Hitachi (for the general level of quality) take a hard look at this review so that some of these issues can be corrected.
Stay tuned.
Regards,
Gerry

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